Based on the success of the labs in Bulgaria and Colombia, we are now preparing to open a new lab in Costa Rica, which produces large amounts of fruit and vegetables, exporting a lot to Europe. Also, the country is located in the heart of Central America, which allows us to support many other Central American countries as well.

On 18 December 2018, we updated the recent changes in the European legislation on our website. Every two weeks we renew the list and you find there all changes that have been activated since two months.

Ciboris, partner of Primoris Holding, is currently organising a series of trainings on food authenticity for persons in charge of quality and purchase in the agri-food industry. Companies and consumers are regularly confronted with reports of food fraud and food authenticity.

Proficiency tests are part of Primoris’ everyday operation. These are independent tests that try to verify the analysis quality of a laboratory. Further, their results are used to evaluate the performance of the analysis methods and, if necessary, adjust them.

At the latest CORESTA Congress in Kunming (China), Hans Braeckman, head of Product Management at Primoris, presented a review of the innovation based on Proficiency Tests conducted by the CORESTA Agrochemical Analysis Sub-Group and its consequences for daily result interpretation in the tobacco sector.

During his visit to Belgium the Colombian president Ivan Duque offered Primoris, alongside the representatives of 15 other companies, the opportunity to attend a deliberation with the president. Primoris was represented by mrs. Carine De Clercq, general manager of the Primoris group.